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First Day: First and Second Year

2008-08-14T23:48:06Z

I hate to say it, but I can't remember much about Day I of Year I. I don't consider myself one to repress memories, but I cannot tell you what happened. However, since this is a required blog, I'll have to give it another go. If there was any d...

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So Your Belt-Size is One School-Weeks'-Worth Widened

2008-08-10T05:45:36Z

It's an accomplishment to have gotten this far. It really is. But as Jon Z. says, "It'll only get harder." With that in mind, I want to take the road less traveled in order to give you some advice: ----- So the first week was tough. You're...

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Voluntary Post

2008-07-13T06:43:39Z

One Conversation: 1. -Well, I was in a relationship with a boy, but I think he was gay. -When did you figure this out? -During the aftermath. -The aftermath? After you had sex with him? -No. We didn't have sex. -Without sex, there is no after...

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Hopefully, the last damn first-year reflection blog I have to write

2008-07-01T02:59:46Z

One Success and One Failure Story from the First Year I am so oversaturated with reflection requests that it is now impossible for me--without some external and unrelated stimulus--to once again dredge up last years' memories. I read a Eudora We...

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Another Assigned Summer School Blog

2008-06-26T13:26:27Z

Evaluating My Performance During the Year: 1. Select a "learning goal" where the students were successful. Tell why: Participles. By the end of the year most of them could identify participles and participial phrases. Why? Because I labored ...

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MTC Blog: Coaching

2008-06-23T02:30:43Z

1. Describe Yourself as an Instructional Coach As a coach, I like to look for little mistakes that may escape detection but will become important later on. For instance: when teachers do not verbally specify their plans for the day or their exp...

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Assessment

2008-06-18T17:24:56Z

This year I gave only my own self-made tests. I do not like multiple-choice English tests: I do not see English's primary purpose--to teach one to analyze, interpret, and express oneself competently--well served by having students choose among so...

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A Coon-Huntin' Story / First-Year Reflection

2008-06-18T16:53:25Z

“My friend John Eubanks was a great American. He always said, ‘Give everything a sporting chance. When you go coon huntin’, either take a cross cut saw with you so that you can cut down the tree the coon is in, or climb up the tree and punch him...

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Classroom Management Blog

2008-06-14T00:45:46Z

My first classroom management plan was nonsense. It had little association with how my class would (or could) actually be taught. In the powerpoint detailing my first discipline plan can be found a solicitation of student recommendations for aut...

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Curriculum Mapping - Blog 6/11/08

2008-06-11T21:06:08Z

To tell you the truth, I have nothing to say about curriculum maps. To say that they help is obvious: Karl already hit on the fallacy of strictly fly-by-night teaching (which stands in contrast to my style, which I call fly-by-early-morning). To...

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